Friday, December 4, 2015

Holidays (Federal or Bavaria specific) and Important Dates December 25, 26 Christmas (note: stores will be closed after mid afternoon December 24) Note: December 27 is a Sunday, so stores will be closed for THREE days! See below for some things that are open in the area.December 31 New Year´s Eve (stores will be closed early)See here for last year´s post on New Year´s Eve (Silvester) traditions in Germany. School holidays December 24 - January 6, 2015Events (by no means a complete list)HerzoDecember 1 - 18 Children´s Christmas Huts- arts and crafts from 2-5pm, see link for additional activitiesDecember 1-24 Living Advent Calendar- the door is opened at 5pm and followed by musicDecember 3-6 Christmas MarketDecember 5 - City walk with the Mayor - free of charge, 2:30 pm

December 25 - The Nutcracker, Russian National Ballet, Würzburg,tickets from €25

Other things to do?

It´s Bockbier Anstich time! That time of year that the Bockbier kegs are tapped. Find a list of local Anstichen (the celebration the day the first keg is tapped) here. New to the area? Click here for a list of tours in the area in English.From September to April - Public ice skating at Nürnberg Arena (W, Th, F, Sunday- during school holidays and feiertage also Monday and Tuesday). Day trip to Kulmbach, a beautiful city known for it´s beer. (1.5 hours from Nürnberg).

Take a day ski trip! Loads of companies organize them. Wöhrl, Jochen Schweizer,Snowstars, Intersport (ask at the store for brochures) for example. Sign up for a class at the Volkshochschule. In addition to language classes, they offer wine tasting classes, exercise classes, art classes, and excursions/tours! (and more!)Take the Bamberg Beer Tasting Tour €22 Self guided, comes with backpack and allows you 5 beers at various breweries. Other suggested day trips (earlier post on this blog) here. Take your own wine walk in Nürnberg (link in German, map on right hand side of page).Cycling and hiking tours (or self guided) in the Würzburg wine region here. Bike the Regnitz Bike Path between Nürnberg and Bamberg- information and various tours to take (in German) here.

Take a self guided tour of Erlangen. Or any one of these can be booked in English.VGN has suggested walks and bike rides on their website (in English). Vineyard walk here, Rocks and caves walk here. See all of VGN´s suggestions for things to do here (in English). In German, you can read about all of their leisure bus lines and suggested routes/things to see and do in the area, a few are described in English here. In or around Herzo? Information on hiking paths can be found here in English.Have you visited Forchheim? An adorable city less than 45 minutes away from Nürnberg, information in English, including a self guided tour brochure for download here. Visit the Nürnberg Planetarium. Go (indoor) rockclimbing. Kids just €2,50. Other indoor climbing in Erlangen and BambergRock cut beer celler tours (Nürnberg) every Sunday 11:30am in English. €5 Take a hike! Link to VGN hiking information site here (English). Combine hiking and beer with the 5 Seidla Tour (English). Hiking trails in and around Herzo here. Nature parks in the region may be found here (link in German, click on interaktiven Karte for the map). Franken Tourist center suggested hikes here (right side), biking here. Head to the Frankischer Schweiz (link in English) for breweries, hiking, castles, rock climbing, canoeing and more. An interactive map of hiking trails in the Frankischer Schweiz can be found here. Visit a pool or sauna- Atlantis is in Herzo, Nürnberg has many to choose from (link in German), Stein (near Nürnberg) is home of Palm Beach, Bamberg has Bambados Can´t decide? Schwimmbadcheck is an online review site for public pools, link is in English.

Wednesday, December 2, 2015

The Siemens Choir will be having a Christmas concert on December 6 in Erlangen. A brief introduction will be given in English, and a large portion of the carols will also be in the English language. Learn more about the Siemens Choir here.

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